MSGGREP(1)								GNU								MSGGREP(1)

NAME

       msggrep - pattern matching on message catalog

SYNOPSIS

       msggrep [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       Extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a given pattern or belong to some given source files.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

   Input file location:
       INPUTFILE
	      input PO file

       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
	      add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

       If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.

   Output file location:
       -o, --output-file=FILE
	      write output to specified file

       The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.

   Message selection:
	      [-N SOURCEFILE]... [-M DOMAINNAME]...  [-K MSGID-PATTERN] [-T MSGSTR-PATTERN] [-C COMMENT-PATTERN]

       A  message  is  selected  if it comes from one of the specified source files, or if it comes from one of the specified domains, or if -K is
       given and its key (msgid or msgid_plural) matches MSGID-PATTERN, or if -T is given and its translation (msgstr) matches MSGSTR-PATTERN,	or
       if -C is given and the translator's comment matches COMMENT-PATTERN.

       When more than one selection criterion is specified, the set of selected messages is the union of the selected messages of each criterion.

   MSGID-PATTERN or MSGSTR-PATTERN syntax:
	      [-E | -F] [-e PATTERN | -f FILE]...

       PATTERNs are basic regular expressions by default, or extended regular expressions if -E is given, or fixed strings if -F is given.

       -N, --location=SOURCEFILE
	      select messages extracted from SOURCEFILE

       -M, --domain=DOMAINNAME
	      select messages belonging to domain DOMAINNAME

       -K, --msgid
	      start of patterns for the msgid

       -T, --msgstr
	      start of patterns for the msgstr

       -E, --extended-regexp
	      PATTERN is an extended regular expression

       -F, --fixed-strings
	      PATTERN is a set of newline-separated strings

       -e, --regexp=PATTERN
	      use PATTERN as a regular expression

       -f, --file=FILE
	      obtain PATTERN from FILE

       -i, --ignore-case
	      ignore case distinctions

   Output details:
       --no-escape
	      do not use C escapes in output (default)

       --escape
	      use C escapes in output, no extended chars

       --force-po
	      write PO file even if empty

       --indent
	      indented output style

       --no-location
	      suppress '#: filename:line' lines

       --add-location
	      preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)

       --strict
	      strict Uniforum output style

       -w, --width=NUMBER
	      set output page width

       --no-wrap
	      do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines

       --sort-output
	      generate sorted output

       --sort-by-file
	      sort output by file location

   Informative output:
       -h, --help
	      display this help and exit

       -V, --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR

       Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for msggrep is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msggrep programs	are  properly  installed  at  your
       site, the command

	      info msggrep

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext 0.11.4						     July 2002								MSGGREP(1)